Pediatric CSI: Are protons the only ethical approach?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-230

  Johnstone, Peter A S ^a,b   McMullen, Kevin P ^a,b   Buchsbaum, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Douglas, James G ^a,b   Helft, Paul ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882739457     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.037     Document Type: Editorial

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